SDR 9600531211

Service difficulty report · Apu · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
January 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N211NW
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46868
Part
Apu
Part number
TSCP7004B
Condition
Failed
Location
Tail
Part time
54,569 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CLIMB, A STRONG OIL SMELL WAS PRESENT THROUGH OUT THE AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED SMOKE REMOVAL PROCEDURES, BUT ODOR COULD NOT BE ISOLATED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. GROUND PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL THREE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS AND DETERMINED THAT APU WAS SOURCE OF ODOR. APU PLACED ON MEL.

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